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Quality Custom Distribution: OSHA inspections and violations

Canton, Massachusetts · Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493120

1inspections
2citation items
$10,360current penalties
Feb 17, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Quality Custom Distribution once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Feb 17, 2022 on a referral, in Canton.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $20,720 and now stand at $10,360, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and Quality Custom Distribution averages $10,360 (1 cited inspection).

Quality Custom Distribution also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Quality Custom Distribution: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345781934 OPENED FEB 17, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 126 employees at the site · Closed Oct 6, 2022

135 Will Drive, Canton, MA 02021 · Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(d)(7) · Ladders in general industry
Serious$10,360$5,180May 10, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(v) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$10,360$5,180May 10, 2022Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2021, the Canton site logged 15 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 150 workers: 9.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 330 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
QCD Boston
Canton · 2021
150 15139.60.0
Quality Custom Distribution
Canton · 2020
132 222017.84.6

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.23(d)(7)

(7) Grab bars extend 42 inches (1.1 m) above the access level or landing platforms served by the ladder;

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(v)

(v) Each employee is protected from falling through a hatchway and chute-floor hole by:

Other refrigerated warehousing and storage employers in Massachusetts

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.